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As a result, the chapel's spire can be seen from several miles away on a clear day and is usually used as a symbol of OBU. The chapel was named in honor of John Wesley Raley, longest serving president of OBU, from 1934 to 1961, who then served as chancellor of OBU until his death in 1968. Raley Chapel is home to two separate auditoriums.
On February 10, 2010, OBU awarded Parrish an honorary doctor of humanities degrees during the Founders' Day chapel service. [1] He was inducted into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame on October 14, 2014. [1] Parrish and his wife, Mary Kay (Higginbotham) Parrish, have two children, John Michael and Robin. [1]
Benedictine Hall is located on the Green Campus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. It was the central feature of the now-closed St. Gregory's University (also known as St. Gregory's Abbey and College), housing its administration, library and most of its classes. Designed by St. Louis architect Victor Klutho, the facility ...
Dr. John Wesley Raley (1903–1968) was an author, president of Oklahoma Baptist University for 27 years, a member of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and of the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame. Dr. Raley moved to Oklahoma in 1931, when he became pastor at First Baptist Church of Bartlesville.
Raley Chapel of Oklahoma Baptist University, completed in 1961. The Chambers Library at the University of Central Oklahoma, completed in 1969. The press box addition to the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, completed in 1975. Robert M. Lawrence FAIA (August 22, 1930 – February 21, 2011) was an American architect in practice in ...
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St. Gregory's Abbey was originally situated on 640 acres (2.6 km 2), of which the OBU Green Campus now occupies 75 acres (0.30 km 2). Other small parcels have been sold off. The abbey remains open. [12] St. Gregory’s Abbey and College is on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Christian University, originally named Central Christian College, was founded in 1950 by members of the Churches of Christ.It opened as a two-year college with 97 students in Bartlesville on the 152 acres (62 ha) former estate of Henry Vernon Foster, a prominent oil businessman.